Date: Sat, 23 Jul 94 04:30:27 PDT From: Ham-Space Mailing List and Newsgroup Errors-To: Ham-Space-Errors@UCSD.Edu Reply-To: Ham-Space@UCSD.Edu Precedence: Bulk Subject: Ham-Space Digest V94 #202 To: Ham-Space Ham-Space Digest Sat, 23 Jul 94 Volume 94 : Issue 202 Today's Topics: Hamcom22 program problem (2 msgs) STS-65 Orbital State Vector Rev #209 STS-65 Packet Metabeacons from the Shuttle test Two-Line Orbital Element Set: Space Shuttle (3 msgs) Send Replies or notes for publication to: Send subscription requests to: Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu. Archives of past issues of the Ham-Space Digest are available (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/ham-space". We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 10:57:46 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!csc.ti.com!tilde.csc.ti.com!sislnews.csc.ti.com!ken_durham.sc.ti.com!ken@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Hamcom22 program problem To: ham-space@ucsd.edu Hamcom20 and Hamcom22 (which were downloaded from a bulletin board) don't seem to recognize data at the com port. The op-amp interface used works ok with Hffax and is the same as the one described in the txt file for Hamcom. There is no signal on the tuning scope display. No port designation or definition in the config file seems to help. Does anyone have a working Hamcom program? I would like to be able to use this to copy the RTTY from AO-13 rfor the schedule information. Any ideas? Thanks, Ken K5MBV 214-997-3434 ------------------------------ Date: 22 Jul 1994 07:48:09 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sunic!news.funet.fi!ousrvr.oulu.fi!oulu.fi!so-patu@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Hamcom22 program problem To: ham-space@ucsd.edu I had similar problems->to avoid them i installed four diodes instead of two, and some electrolytic capacitors...hamcomm needs a bridge rectifier, but for example jvfax doesnt, polarity doesnt change when running the program...i think there is version 3.0 hamcomm available today on ftp.funet.fi Timo, OH6NVG ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jul 1994 07:47:28 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.cerf.net!gopher.sdsc.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!csusac!csus.edu!netcom.com!astroman@network.ucsd.edu Subject: STS-65 Orbital State Vector Rev #209 To: ham-space@ucsd.edu Vector format = 1017 Satellite Name: STS-65 Catalog Number: 23173 94039A Epoch Date/Time: 94202.74741179398 07/21/1994 17:56:16.378 UTC ECI X: 19271654.241988 ft M50 Y: -562548.549459 ft Z: 10334542.138066 ft Xdot: 619.04175 ft/s Ydot: 25379.89844 ft/s Zdot: 223.00296 ft/s ndot/2 (drag): 0.00080312110 rev/day^2 nddt/6: 2.70473E-08 rev/day^3 Bstar: 2.36490E-04 1/Earth Radii Elset #: 35 Rev @ Epoch: 209.24705931049 MSDOS/PC software is available for conversion of OSV to 2 Line Keplerian Elements via ftp to: oak.oakland.edu:/pub/msdos/hamradio/v2l9331.zip and the SIMTEL archives. State Vectors courtesy Ken Ernandes N2WWD SM ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 12:52:43 GMT From: news.nevada.edu!news.unomaha.edu!news@uunet.uu.net Subject: STS-65 Packet Metabeacons from the Shuttle To: ham-space@ucsd.edu SB SAREX @ AMSAT $STS-65.018 Packet Metabeacons from Shuttle Greenbelt, MD July 21, 1994 at 12:30 UTC The following is a compilation of some of the packet radio metabeacons copied from the crew on the Space Shuttle Columbia. These were provided by Gil Carman, WA5NOM, and Andy MacAllister, WA5ZIB. The SAREX working group would like to extend its thanks all of you who have provided us feedback and downlink updates of the packet system during the STS-65 mission. W5RRR-1>QST [07/12/94 17:17:00] : Hello from KC5HBV and KC5FVF aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia We're well into our mission now conducting materials processing and life sciences experiments that are paving the way for future operations aboard our international space station We've talked to schools in Texas, Florida, Hawaii and Germany via SAREX and it's been great 17-Jul-94 11:33:16 W5RRR-1*>QST : Hello from KC5HBV and KC5FVF aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia We're half way into our mission now conducting materials processing and life sciences experiments that are paving the way for future operations aboard our international space station We've talked to schools in Texas, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana Germany and Japan via Sarex and really enjoyed their enthusiasm for space exploration and amateur radio Wishing you all the best on the upcoming 25th anniversary of humankinds first steps on the Moon 20-Jul-94 10:21:27 W5RRR-1*>QST : Greetings from the SAREX station aboard the space shuttle Columbia. The crew of Columbia is privileged and honored on this 25th anniversary of one of humankind's greatest achievements to follow in the footsteps of our craft's namesake, the command module Columbia, which carried Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins to the moon. We wish all of you back on earth who are celebrating this historic anniversary our best wishes and hope that the one small step for a man taken 25 years ago, will be a giant leap for people of vision as we go on to International Space Station and beyond. 21-Jul-94 12:01:17 W5RRR-1*>QST : With the conclusion of this most successful mission, we wish everyone on earth the very best and thank you for your support, KC5HBV, KC5FVF and the rest of the STS-65 Crew. 21-Jul-94 12:02:17 W5RRR-1*>QRZ : Submitted by Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO for the SAREX Working Group /EX ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 10:44:16 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!csc.ti.com!tilde.csc.ti.com!sislnews.csc.ti.com!ken_durham.sc.ti.com!ken@network.ucsd.edu Subject: test To: ham-space@ucsd.edu testing return address ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 21:25:16 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.duke.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!blackbird.afit.af.mil!tkelso@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Two-Line Orbital Element Set: Space Shuttle To: ham-space@ucsd.edu The most current orbital elements from the NORAD two-line element sets are carried on the Celestial BBS, (513) *253-9767*, and are updated daily (when possible). Documentation and tracking software are also available on this system. As a service to the satellite user community, the most current elements for the current shuttle mission are provided below. The Celestial BBS may be accessed 24 hours/day at 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, or 9600 bps using 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity. Element sets (also updated daily), shuttle elements, and some documentation and software are also available via anonymous ftp from archive.afit.af.mil (129.92.1.66) in the directory pub/space. STS 65 1 23173U 94039A 94202.25000000 .00002020 00000-0 44397-5 0 453 2 23173 28.4656 273.8288 0003567 85.3765 27.8860 15.91314999 2006 -- Dr TS Kelso Assistant Professor of Space Operations tkelso@afit.af.mil Air Force Institute of Technology ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jul 1994 15:10:23 MDT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs!usenet@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Two-Line Orbital Element Set: Space Shuttle To: ham-space@ucsd.edu The most current orbital elements from the NORAD two-line element sets are carried on the Celestial BBS, (513) *253-9767*, and are updated daily (when possible). Documentation and tracking software are also available on this system. As a service to the satellite user community, the most current elements for the current shuttle mission are provided below. The Celestial BBS may be accessed 24 hours/day at 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, or 9600 bps using 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity. Element sets (also updated daily), shuttle elements, and some documentation and software are also available via anonymous ftp from archive.afit.af.mil (129.92.1.66) in the directory pub/space. STS 65 1 23173U 94039A 94200.91666667 .00002073 00000-0 46300-5 0 411 2 23173 28.4671 283.8025 0003613 71.6908 307.1635 15.91200958 1790 -- Dr TS Kelso Assistant Professor of Space Operations tkelso@afit.af.mil Air Force Institute of Technology ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 15:25:33 MDT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs!usenet@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Two-Line Orbital Element Set: Space Shuttle To: ham-space@ucsd.edu The most current orbital elements from the NORAD two-line element sets are carried on the Celestial BBS, (513) *253-9767*, and are updated daily (when possible). Documentation and tracking software are also available on this system. As a service to the satellite user community, the most current elements for the current shuttle mission are provided below. The Celestial BBS may be accessed 24 hours/day at 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, or 9600 bps using 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity. Element sets (also updated daily), shuttle elements, and some documentation and software are also available via anonymous ftp from archive.afit.af.mil (129.92.1.66) in the directory pub/space. STS 65 1 23173U 94039A 94202.25000000 .00002020 00000-0 44397-5 0 453 2 23173 28.4656 273.8288 0003567 85.3765 27.8860 15.91314999 2006 -- Dr TS Kelso Assistant Professor of Space Operations tkelso@afit.af.mil Air Force Institute of Technology ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 18:08:43 GMT From: pipex!demon!news@uunet.uu.net To: ham-space@ucsd.edu References , , Subject : Re: Portable 9600 buad PacSat Station Design In article wroth@netcom.com (Wayne D Roth) writes: >Chris Terwilliger (a229aa@email.sps.mot.com) wrote: >Not for communication with the pacsats there isn't, or do you know of a >mac based package that replaces the pb/pg suite? The only way I know >that you can work the pacsats using broadcast/ftl0 protocal with a mac is >with an IBM PC emulator. >-- > wroth@netcom.com Ok I'll try this again. Yes there is a version of the broadcast protocal for the Mac, funnily enough it's called "Broadcast." I have version 2 and it was written by IW2CTJ. Ther are also several very good sat predication programmes for the Mac. Personally I use OrbiTrack. Hope this helps. Sean. ------------------------------ Date: 21 Jul 1994 22:38:40 -0400 From: news1.digex.net!access1!ericr@uunet.uu.net To: ham-space@ucsd.edu References , , Subject : Re: Portable 9600 buad PacSat Station Design wroth@netcom.com (Wayne D Roth) writes: >Chris Terwilliger (a229aa@email.sps.mot.com) wrote: >: In article , n7ryw@teleport.com (William >: Roth) wrote: >: > Avoid a Mac like the plague for anything related to Amateur Radio. >: This is a really stupid thing to say...typical bias from a "PC" clone... >: Terry Stader posts a list every month to this newsgroup listing amateur >: radio software available for the Mac. There is lots of software available >: and a lot more on the way. >: -- >: * Chris Terwilliger, AA7WD a229aa@email.sps.mot.com * >: * Motorola AA7WD@N7MRP.AZ.USA.NA * >: * Phoenix Corporate Research Labs those who forget the past * >: * 2100 E. Elliot Rd. EL508 are condemned to repeat it * >: * Tempe, AZ 85284 - George Santayana * >Not for communication with the pacsats there isn't, or do you know of a >mac based package that replaces the pb/pg suite? The only way I know >that you can work the pacsats using broadcast/ftl0 protocal with a mac is >with an IBM PC emulator. >-- > wroth@netcom.com A Washington, DC local, Gilbert Macklin (not a ham, but a satellite enthusiast, nonetheless) wrote a PB implementation for the Mac. He left the area for New Mexico, but was planning to continue the work. HE was working with Jim White, WD0E, so you might want to contact Jim for the latest news (he can be reached at wd0e@amsat.org). GL! Eric --- Eric Rosenberg WD3Q, EI4VPS, ZL0ADG, J20BY, etc. 338 14th Street, NE voice: +202-547-3441 Washington, DC 20002 USA fax: +202-547-3613 ericr@access.digex.com wd3q@amsat.org ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Jul 1994 17:01:01 GMT From: telesoft!garym@uunet.uu.net To: ham-space@ucsd.edu References , , Reply-To : elements-request@alsys.com Subject : STS-65 Element Set (94203.609) STS-65 1 23173U 94039A 94203.60901007 .00120346 00000-0 25037-3 0 494 2 23173 28.4655 263.6371 0006312 86.2727 273.8663 16.10869786 2234 Satellite: STS-65 Catalog number: 23173 Epoch time: 94203.60901007 = (22 JUL 94 14:36:58.47 UTC) Element set: 049 Inclination: 28.4655 deg RA of node: 263.6371 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-65 Eccentricity: .0006312 Keplerian element set JSC-049 Arg of perigee: 86.2727 deg from NASA flight Day 15 vector Mean anomaly: 273.8663 deg Mean motion: 16.10869786 rev/day G. L. Carman Decay rate: 1.20346e-03 rev/day^2 NASA Johnson Space Center Epoch rev: 223 -- Gary Morris Internet: elements-request@alsys.com KK6YB Packet: KK6YB @ N0ARY.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NA San Diego, CA, USA Phone: +1 619-457-2700 x128 -- Gary Morris Internet: garym@alsys.com (garym@cts.com) Alsys Inc. Packet: KK6YB @ N0ARY.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NA San Diego, CA, USA Phone: +1 619-457-2700 x128 (voice/fax) ------------------------------ End of Ham-Space Digest V94 #202 ******************************